Sakina Aliyeva

Sakina Aliyeva
Səkinə Əliyeva
Born	Sakina Abbas qızı Aliyeva (1925-04-15)15 April 1925 Nakhchivan, Nakhichevan Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic, Azerbaijan Soviet Socialist Republic
Died	6 October 2010(2010-10-06) (aged 85) Baku, Azerbaijan
Other names	Sakina Alieva, Sakina Abbas kyzy Alieva, Sakina Abbas kyzy Aliyeva
Occupation(s)	stateswoman and politician
Known for	1st declaration of secession from the USSR: break-away independence attempt for the Nakhchivan Autonomous Republic

Sakina Aliyeva (Azerbaijani: Səkinə Abbas qızı Əliyeva, Russian: Алиева, Сакина Аббас кызы 15 April 1925 – 6 October 2010) was an Azerbaijani-Soviet politician. From 1951, she served in various capacities in the Nakhchivan Regional Committee of the Communist Party. In 1963, she was elected Chair of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the Nakhchivan Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic and served in that capacity until 1990. In January of that year, with the dissolution of the Soviet Union Aliyeva presented the declaration for Nakhchivan to secede from the USSR in protest of the Soviet actions during "Black January". During her career, she was awarded the Order of the October Revolution, the Order of the Red Banner of Labor, and an Honorary Decree of Merit from the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the Nakhchivan Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic.